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Bentley Financial Group

Downers Grove, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 172474

Filed as BENTLEY FINANCIAL GROUP · Legal name Bentley Financial Group, Inc.

Bentley Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Downers Grove, IL, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 6, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$392,767,299
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bentley Financial Group compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bentley Financial Group reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Bentley Financial Group located?

Bentley Financial Group's principal office is in Downers Grove, IL, according to its Form ADV; the March 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Bentley Financial Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Bentley Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172474.

How much does Bentley Financial Group manage?

Bentley Financial Group reports $392,767,299 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 6, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bentley Financial Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bentley Financial Group: Regulatory assets under management: $130,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $392,767,299 in the October 2026 data, up 202%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bentley Financial Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (470).

Does Bentley Financial Group report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/172474

What changed in Bentley Financial Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $321,000,000 to $392,767,299 (+22%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated February 6, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$392,767,299

$392,767,299 as of October 2026, filing dated February 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $392,767,299.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 470 Assets $392,767,299 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Bentley Financial Group, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the March 2026 filing
Durango, CO
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
AZCOILVA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$130M 2021 $215M 2022 $161M 2023 $240M 2024 $321M 2025 $393M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$392,767,2994February 6, 2026
October 2025$321,000,0004February 12, 2025
October 2024$240,000,0004March 21, 2024
October 2023$161,000,0004March 24, 2023
October 2022$215,000,0004March 30, 2022
October 2021$130,000,0003December 18, 2020

Regulatory assets under management: $130,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $392,767,299 in the October 2026 data, up 202%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $321,000,000 to $392,767,299 (+22%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
bentleyfinancialgroup.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Bentley Financial Group (CRD 172474): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bentley-financial-group-downers-grove-il-172474